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ups & downs of trying to be healthier

home-made & healthy {8} skinny broccoli & chicken alfredo

I love chicken. I love noodles. I love alfredo. And I have come to like broccoli, if it’s in the right dish. So what isn’t to like about the idea of a healthier dish that includes them all. I honestly had this same dish at Applebee’s a couple of months ago, obviously with probably 10x the amount of unhealthy stuff. Now, it doesn’t taste quite the same. But I was very surprised at how good this “skinny” alfredo tasted. It’s made up of chicken broth, flour, milk, and plain Greek yogurt.

1) If by “1 pound rotini pasta” the recipe means dry, it is way too much. I took it as such, but only had about half a pound of noodles. And that, after cooking, was still too much. I probably had about a fourth of the noodles I made leftover (so that’s about 6 oz. of noodles I actually used). Obviously, I could’ve added those noodles, but then the sauce-ratio would’ve been too thin. But I recommend no more than 8 oz. dry of noodles.

2) I heated the chicken broth over medium high heat and added the garlic in. Then added the flour and milk and Greek yogurt all about the same time. It ended up a fine sauce besides 🙂

me…healthier

2012: The beginning of my journey to be healthier.
2013: My personal peak of fitness and health. Proudest moments being the two half-marathons I ran.
2014: Pregnant with first baby, gained 40 pounds. But Madilyn was totally worth it
2015: Varying efforts to try to get my butt back in shape.
2016: Really struggled with food, but also activity level, due to a molar pregnancy and a separate miscarriage. Heaviest I've ever been, even more than before I originally started my healthy lifestyle.
September 2016-present: Pregnant again and so far, so good.